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president obama want to nominate him to the head of the c.i.a. he was known to have been aware of or part of the torture. president obama insisted on renaming him head of the c.i.a. anyway. he said over the last four years, the american people have gotten used to how right wing i am, so will go along with my pick. the question is will the senate. >> we'll ask the police to please remove this woman. if you would remove that individual please, as quickly as you can. thank you. >> kathy and my brother, tom. >> i speak for the mothers -- >> all right, we will stop again. all right. >> pakistan, somalia. if you don't know who they are i have a list of all the names. >> we're going to halt the hearing. i'm going to ask that the room be cleared and that they not be permitted to come back in. >> cenk: way to get them. senator feinstein spent a lot of the hearing defending john brennan, talking about the so-called american citizen al awlkai. he was a u.s. citizen you. might not like the guy but he was a u.s. citizen. feinstein said it's no big deal that w
president obama want to nominate him to the head of the c.i.a. he was known to have been aware of or part of the torture. president obama insisted on renaming him head of the c.i.a. anyway. he said over the last four years, the american people have gotten used to how right wing i am, so will go along with my pick. the question is will the senate. >> we'll ask the police to please remove this woman. if you would remove that individual please, as quickly as you can. thank you. >>...
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apparently president obama is bringing skeet back in a different contest. they asked him if you ever used a gun. he said, yes actually i go skeet shooting. everyone is saying, what the hell is that? and others were skeptical of that. they're saying no way he's using a gun if he's shooting skeet. then we have proof of skeet shooting happened. >> the president revealed he can relate to people who enjoy firing gun. when asked if he ever fired one he replied yes up in camp david we do skeet shooting all the time. >> is there a photograph of him doing it? >> there may be, but i haven't seen it. >> why haven't we heard about it before? >> because when he goes to camp david, he goes to spend time with his family and friends relax and not produce photographs. >> i'm offended there was time taken out of that press conference to talk about skeet shooting. even though there was all this skeptical commentary about it, obama released a photo of him shooting. you can't see the skeet but it appears to be what he's doing. that's what he's claiming. every's thoughts? >> fir
apparently president obama is bringing skeet back in a different contest. they asked him if you ever used a gun. he said, yes actually i go skeet shooting. everyone is saying, what the hell is that? and others were skeptical of that. they're saying no way he's using a gun if he's shooting skeet. then we have proof of skeet shooting happened. >> the president revealed he can relate to people who enjoy firing gun. when asked if he ever fired one he replied yes up in camp david we do skeet...
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did he something with us even barack obama did not do on election day. we were actually -- we knew that the democrats -- we knew the enemy over there. we didn't know who the enemy was in our own party. thanks to karl rove coming out this week, we know who the wolf in sheep's clothing really is. >> john: i have to bring rick ungar in on this. it is fascinating to see this. brent and mark levine have criticized karl rove's new pac. what do you make -- >> can i say the words i love karl rove just because in my whole life, i never thought i would get to say them. joan why do you love karl rove? >> i wanted to say it. it is total nonsense. i've never loved him but i'm liking him better lately. >> john: do you give him credit for this schism? >> this is going to be the most entertaining thing we've seen in politics than years. nothing is more important than entertainment. i cannot wait to watch this battle ensue! this is going to be extraordinary. >> john: it is because scottie, karl rove denies he's picking a fight with the tea party. based on his comments, d
did he something with us even barack obama did not do on election day. we were actually -- we knew that the democrats -- we knew the enemy over there. we didn't know who the enemy was in our own party. thanks to karl rove coming out this week, we know who the wolf in sheep's clothing really is. >> john: i have to bring rick ungar in on this. it is fascinating to see this. brent and mark levine have criticized karl rove's new pac. what do you make -- >> can i say the words i love...
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we're pretty sure it is obama. the other piece that's really not been talked about this week which i find a little chilling is that in addition to al-awlaki, okay, he was apparently a bad guy director of external operations which you know, a title. they got his son who was 16. in most countries that's considered a sort of war crimish. he's a juvenile. he's a child. >> there are a lot of people that i talk to and that we hear from that say you have personally, a certain threshold of what's acceptable and not acceptable. and the fact that this country is killing innocent children with drones, like it or not they're collateral damage or whatever you want to call them, killing children, that's the threshold. that's too much. that's too far. that's when you gotta stop supporting -- you know, what we're doing. >> he wasn't collateral damage. he was targeted. the 16-year-old was targeted. >> bill: assuming he was part of his father's operation but again, you know, he may have been. i think all of us are more comfortable w
we're pretty sure it is obama. the other piece that's really not been talked about this week which i find a little chilling is that in addition to al-awlaki, okay, he was apparently a bad guy director of external operations which you know, a title. they got his son who was 16. in most countries that's considered a sort of war crimish. he's a juvenile. he's a child. >> there are a lot of people that i talk to and that we hear from that say you have personally, a certain threshold of what's...
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obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. the parent's television council is not happy with cbs after allowing celebratory swearing from baltimore ravens quarterback joe flacco to go on the air uncensored after his super bowl win on sunday. he dropped the f bomb after another player dropped the f bomb. the ptc is calling on the fcc to punish cbs saying those words have no place on tv where children are watching and the nfl and broadcast networks have not improved their standards since janet jackson's nipple gate now nine years ago. >> bill: i must t
obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >>...
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is there an obama skeet shooting action figure already? why, yes there is. [ applause ] >> cool. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike says racist hillbilly conspiracy theory sold separately. so that's a thing. okay. oh, hey, speaking of racist hillbillies -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> chris, i'm not saying every republican is racist. whenever there is a story about so and so, fill in homophobic racist thing here? do you think there are some people who go huh i wonder if that was a republican -- oh, it is a republican. oh, from the south? oh really. you don't say! >> what did they do now? >> stephanie: this guy that we talked about yesterday the guy that sent the really racist homophobic tweets during the super bowl -- >> tim canon was his name. >> stephanie: yes. he defends mocking trayvon martin's death. apparently the rest of us are missing the humor in that. he said -- one of the tweets was this super bowl sucks more [ bleep ] than trayvon martin for drug money if he was alive. [ whatever! ] >> he wasn't buying drugs. he was buyin
is there an obama skeet shooting action figure already? why, yes there is. [ applause ] >> cool. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike says racist hillbilly conspiracy theory sold separately. so that's a thing. okay. oh, hey, speaking of racist hillbillies -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> chris, i'm not saying every republican is racist. whenever there is a story about so and so, fill in homophobic racist thing here? do you think there are some people who go huh i...
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i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one that favors the democrats. >> ben, great to have you in the studio. thank so much. any time you come down to washington, you are welcome here here. >> thank you for having me on. >> bill: might get you on the phone from new york. we love people in the studios. come back and see us. buzz feed.com. i will tell you what the president is up to today. busy schedule. >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. [ music ] (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could u
i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one...
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the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters interrupted at the hearing. there was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. he was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. >> i've expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. i've expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. >> when asked about john strikes, he criticized the protesters. >> i think there is an impression on the part of some
the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters...
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but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the cia what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be someb
but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director...
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news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's confirmation might broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionising we're. allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machin
news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's...
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citizen and the obama administration agreed to show congress the legal opinion justifies such attacks. the white house argues that from strikes effectively target america's enemies but critics cite heavy civilian casualties and the u.s. relies on them too much. >> the drone is the only weapon that really frightened insurgents. it is ineffective. we cannot possibly kill these people one at a time and expect to come out on top. >> they are clearly not invincible. iranian tv has shown these pictures that come from a u.s. surveillance drone they captured two years ago. it's interesting timing. >> with me here in the studio is a former adviser to president obama's special up is that it to afghanistan and pakistan. you understand this area of the world very closely. how important is this to the national security? >> it has killed a number of al qaeda leaders but it has not decimated the organization completely. it has pushed them to move into other areas of the middle east. also, at a very high political cost. it does cause an enormous amount of anger in pakistan which has helped to spread
citizen and the obama administration agreed to show congress the legal opinion justifies such attacks. the white house argues that from strikes effectively target america's enemies but critics cite heavy civilian casualties and the u.s. relies on them too much. >> the drone is the only weapon that really frightened insurgents. it is ineffective. we cannot possibly kill these people one at a time and expect to come out on top. >> they are clearly not invincible. iranian tv has shown...
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yielding to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says justify his policy of ordering talkative killings of suspected terrorists us all make have been demanding the files for yes but the president had staunchly refused recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. joining program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and then as you can report says confirmation one born in the horizon on marriage has strong feet. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream with drone makers and the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing. by allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing mac
yielding to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says justify his policy of ordering talkative killings of suspected terrorists us all make have been demanding the files for yes but the president had staunchly refused recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. joining program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and then as you can...
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now you are going to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents that she says justifies the policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists and us the makers have been demanding the files for years the president had staunchly refused most recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee for a cia chief from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the said his confirmation hearing on thursday that's all it is going to come reports his appointment might boyden horizons there because drone fleets. in the shadows know more drones are moving into the mainstream drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing were. allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technol
now you are going to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents that she says justifies the policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists and us the makers have been demanding the files for years the president had staunchly refused most recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee for a cia chief from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the said his confirmation hearing on...
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barack obama's shooting skills are on show as he plans to get tough on guns. back to the future, some people prefer to watch the world in black and white in britain. nearly 60,000 people killed in syria after two years, we finally might be looking at some diplomatic progress. for the first time, the president's chief ally, russia, with the help of the syrian national coalition, the foreign minister spoke to us on the sidelines of the security council meeting in munich. he says he wants to keep in regular contact with syrian opposition. iran is another staunch ally of the syrian president. after the 45 minute meeting, they talked about a way to remove the regime with the least possible bloodshed. there has been serious opposition to the presence of government subject to the condition including 160,000 prisoners. we will go live from munich, lots to talk about already. we have the defense minister weighing in with his own views. what did he say? >> that is right, syria has remained high on the agenda here on sunday morning. the conference heard from another key
barack obama's shooting skills are on show as he plans to get tough on guns. back to the future, some people prefer to watch the world in black and white in britain. nearly 60,000 people killed in syria after two years, we finally might be looking at some diplomatic progress. for the first time, the president's chief ally, russia, with the help of the syrian national coalition, the foreign minister spoke to us on the sidelines of the security council meeting in munich. he says he wants to keep...
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considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo uncredited assassinations on the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. lift you might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president joe order that that person be killed the spite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war there an intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to a
considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo uncredited assassinations on the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. lift you might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a...
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price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. to united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war their intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a quiet because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under th
price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if...
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other news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy but in an effort to avoid scrutiny around this time of the sea the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret if he's going to take on reports brennan's confirmation might broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows know more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of
other news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy but in an effort to avoid scrutiny around this time of the sea the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret if he's going to take on reports brennan's...
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drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do you think, pat buchanan? >> i don't think they l. if they do, john, it doesn't make any difference. but we really ought to be concerned about these drones. they're a tremendously effective weapon. they save our pilots and the rest of it. but the collateral damage, the killing of civilians, the killing of children, the tremendous alienation they've increased all over this region has resulted in al-qaida frankly getting a tremendous number of new recruits. are we recruiting more enemies than we're killing? that's the key question when you look to see how al-qaida is no longer just in afghanistan but six
drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do...
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today they branded it the obama questor, which i don't know where that's going to go. that's the way of tagging the president of being responsible for this draconian plan to slash the budget. >> right. that's certainly been sort of the unifying message of the republican party, the fiscal, our fiscal hours is out of order and the deficit is spiraling and we need to get that under control. you're also seeing republicans saying we can't just be about fiscal issues and in fact, the very beginning of that speech that majority leader cantor gave, let's put aside fiscal issues for a minute. let's talk about education. let's talk about health care. let's talk about immigration. they're trying to put sort of a kindler gentler face on the party because the exit polls show a lot of voters perceive mitt romney as sort of out of touch and removed from middle class concerns and not really someone who could relate to just the average american and the makeup of the party is a much wider republican party. >> right. >> every way by the polls. >> they can't survive that way. the demograp
today they branded it the obama questor, which i don't know where that's going to go. that's the way of tagging the president of being responsible for this draconian plan to slash the budget. >> right. that's certainly been sort of the unifying message of the republican party, the fiscal, our fiscal hours is out of order and the deficit is spiraling and we need to get that under control. you're also seeing republicans saying we can't just be about fiscal issues and in fact, the very...
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and just because he happens to be nobel peace prize winner barack obama most americans who haven't paid much attention have just bought iraq obama because i think it's a question of education here domestically execute people need to be informed that hollywood have a role to play i think hollywood had a role to play i think that zero dark thirty for example did a grave disservice to counterterrorism zero dark thirty perpetuates this grand lie that torture led to the. the killing of osama bin laden it's just simply not true myths often become history and one comedian here said movies it was about zero dark thirty about the way it's serious movies is where americans learned their history it's true what myths what other myths do you see being perpetuated now related to the war on terror i think one of the great myths and i chuckle to myself because it always seemed so ridiculous to me was president bush's statement that they hate us because we love freedom. i know al-qaeda i've captured al qaeda fighters i've had conversations sitting across the table like i am with you with al qaeda leader
and just because he happens to be nobel peace prize winner barack obama most americans who haven't paid much attention have just bought iraq obama because i think it's a question of education here domestically execute people need to be informed that hollywood have a role to play i think hollywood had a role to play i think that zero dark thirty for example did a grave disservice to counterterrorism zero dark thirty perpetuates this grand lie that torture led to the. the killing of osama bin...
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we took part of these briefings of the obama administration team. we thought we had a program that was viable, limited, politically and legally realistic. one by way the entire intelligence committee have now been briefed into. to digress for a second, the major mistake we made, and i include myself in this, was in the early years of the program. the existence of the program, it was limited to the gang of 8. i think that was a mistake. by 2006 both had been briefed. we thought it was possible. we thought the obama administration could have continued the program in this limited form, at least maintained it as an option. it did not come to pass. i do not think any less realistically thought they would stick with it. we had not reviewed the executive order. guantanamo was out of our lane. this is a factual flaw in the film. they were saying this is not factually correct. we got a hold of the executive order again. all government will be confined to the techniques in army field manual. my friends and i have talked about this. i said not that you ask, th
we took part of these briefings of the obama administration team. we thought we had a program that was viable, limited, politically and legally realistic. one by way the entire intelligence committee have now been briefed into. to digress for a second, the major mistake we made, and i include myself in this, was in the early years of the program. the existence of the program, it was limited to the gang of 8. i think that was a mistake. by 2006 both had been briefed. we thought it was possible....
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this man said it while obama's sitting there. this is the kind of thing the republican party should have been saying for the past four years. >> okay, gregg, you said you have a lot to say. prove it? >> he says the doctor better make sure his taxes are paid up. that's the longest 43 seconds obama has had to endure since the skeet shooting possibility. the doctor took a moron. what does he know? he operates on the brains of babies. i would rather take advice from sandra fluke. i think she has -- sandra fluke... she has so much more life experiences than this pediatric neurosurgeon, who someone who operates on babies. >> right. >> that's my point. >> that's tongue in cheek. >> i was being ironic this. guy knows what he is tai talking about, not someone who has been on the planet 31 years, not fighting for free pills, while he's saving lives. >> i liked him, too. it takes a lots of guts to stand up in front of a room, as i did this week and dana helped me out with that quite a bit i. she was a coach. >> but to do it and take down th
this man said it while obama's sitting there. this is the kind of thing the republican party should have been saying for the past four years. >> okay, gregg, you said you have a lot to say. prove it? >> he says the doctor better make sure his taxes are paid up. that's the longest 43 seconds obama has had to endure since the skeet shooting possibility. the doctor took a moron. what does he know? he operates on the brains of babies. i would rather take advice from sandra fluke. i...
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president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says that justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused to strike but risen do some senators had hinted they would block his nominee for cia chief from told loftus john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage can his confirmation could only broaden the horizon america's role. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing work. by allowing us to see and . from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television carrying the techno. logical capabilities of the killing
president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says that justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused to strike but risen do some senators had hinted they would block his nominee for cia chief from told loftus john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage...
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president barack obama will handle of a classified documents that justify his use of trying to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists this comes as a john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing as head office cia arches gammage again takes a look at why washington's drug policy stretches far beyond the country's boundaries. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and kill from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television how to the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remot
president barack obama will handle of a classified documents that justify his use of trying to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists this comes as a john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing as head office cia arches gammage again takes a look at why washington's drug policy stretches far beyond the country's boundaries. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military...
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president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says a justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused struck but recent days and senators had hinted they would block his nominee for some take love as john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage again his confirmation could only be brought in the horizon america's drone fleet. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers and the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing work. by allowing us to see and hear from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television carrying the technological capabilities of the k
president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says a justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused struck but recent days and senators had hinted they would block his nominee for some take love as john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage again his...
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president barack obama will hand over classified documents that justify his use of drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists this comes as a john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing as head of the cia artie's gammage again takes a look at why washington's drone policy stretches far beyond the country's boundaries. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing north america by allowing us to see and kill from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television touting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using re
president barack obama will hand over classified documents that justify his use of drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists this comes as a john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing as head of the cia artie's gammage again takes a look at why washington's drone policy stretches far beyond the country's boundaries. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military...
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senate hearings are underway for president obama's controversial pick to be the new chief of the cia already been interrupted due to protests by activists angry behind . america's infamous drone program it could be head of the agency. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turn into violent clashes with police the ruling bloc the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. and the countdown to the next winter olympics begins its exactly one year until russia first ever winter games that promise to become the most unique and the most expensive in history. but not everyone is in the mood russia's president lashes out over spending a key figure behind the two thousand and fourteen games. in broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough questions in the senate confirmation hearing the session is underway again after it was disrupted by protestors angry at john brennan's role in america's drone program brennan
senate hearings are underway for president obama's controversial pick to be the new chief of the cia already been interrupted due to protests by activists angry behind . america's infamous drone program it could be head of the agency. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turn into violent clashes with police the ruling bloc the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. and the countdown to the next winter olympics begins its exactly one year until russia first ever...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama took his push for tighter gun control laws on the road today to a police department in minnesota. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get reaction to the president's proposal to ban assault weapons and institute universal background checks from two local law enforcement officials. >> brown: then, we have the story of a navy seal, a sniper in the iraq war and best-selling author who was gunned down by a fellow veteran at a shooting range in texas. >> ifill: margaret warner looks at how ancient manuscripts in mali were saved, hidden from destruction during the conflict with islamist rebels. >> brown: what makes a great teacher? hari sreenivasan reports on a charter school in connecticut that uses a checklist to evaluate and keep the best of them in the classroom. >> we have parents, students, peer and principal surveys, so the teachers are really getting a whole 360 take on what they are doing well and what they need to improve. >> ifill: the 500-year-old bo
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama took his push for tighter gun control laws on the road today to a police department in minnesota. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get reaction to the president's proposal to ban assault weapons and institute universal background checks from two local law enforcement officials. >> brown: then, we have the story of a navy seal, a sniper in the...
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right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's detention programs and torture programs and so it doesn't seem like that much of a contradiction now brennan and george tenet and george bush and president obama seem all on the same pile and you know you started to get at this point earlier but i want to talk a little bit about these actual programs that the u.s. government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people ar
right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the...
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hundreds of mourners including first lady michelle obama filling church to capacity. first lady met privately with the family and walked the mother to her daughter's open casket. the girl was killed days after performing at an event for president obama's inauguration. >> the manhunt for an ex-cop underway. camouflaged s.w.a.t. teams combing the mountains searching for chris dorner. a former police officer accused of killing a young couple on sunday and killing one officer on thursday. i'm heather childers. i'll see you back here at 4:00 with gregg jarrett. >> eric: bargain bachelor's degree. the cost of college a whole lot cheaper. try ten grand for a four-year degree. which states are doing that. first, wayne, you say that th will lower all college tuition? >> it's competition. if one state is going to do it. people will go to the cheapest possible way to do it. another thing going on. you realize that not only colleges, i'm talking about colleges sponsored by the states and universities, we also have a number. in fact there are so many private companies offering edu
hundreds of mourners including first lady michelle obama filling church to capacity. first lady met privately with the family and walked the mother to her daughter's open casket. the girl was killed days after performing at an event for president obama's inauguration. >> the manhunt for an ex-cop underway. camouflaged s.w.a.t. teams combing the mountains searching for chris dorner. a former police officer accused of killing a young couple on sunday and killing one officer on thursday. i'm...
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to cross-talk obama and his drones i'm joined by no sharkey in london he is a professor of artificial intelligence and robots at the university of sheffield and chairman of the international committee for robot arms control in charlottesville we have david swanson he is an author and radio host who works for roots action dot org all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it you know we've been told that obama's drone policy is that i will quote legal ethical and why do you agree with that because that's a storage area to store in. no. i think that is quite extraordinary i think i don't think that he can kill anybody anywhere at any time either i think that was a slight exaggeration but he can kill anybody who is classified as being al-qaeda or any associated force so i don't think he would come and kill file the high if i targeted somebody in al-qaeda i could be called an associate ok i don't think it is an exaggeration is true yes that's true ok david if that is true but it would have to have some sort of motivat
to cross-talk obama and his drones i'm joined by no sharkey in london he is a professor of artificial intelligence and robots at the university of sheffield and chairman of the international committee for robot arms control in charlottesville we have david swanson he is an author and radio host who works for roots action dot org all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it you know we've been told that obama's drone policy...
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obama's drone policy. ok david if i go back to you you know part of the memo talks about the inability to catch people ok i sense that they don't want to catch these people they want to kill them there's little there's no trial we don't have to show any proof no evidence it's very cynical you know my suspicion from the moment that they announced you know they leaked to the chosen classified information that they'd killed osama bin laden i suspected that the order had been to kill not to capture and we later learned it became quite clear that that in fact had been the order and that as far as we know that is likely the order in many such cases we have these raids happening every night they don't all involve osama bin laden and the thinking that we're hearing in the u.s. media and out of the obama administration is that it is more legal to kill people then it is to capture them and torture them as if as if the captives must be tortured as if these are options and so drones are an improvement on torture drone
obama's drone policy. ok david if i go back to you you know part of the memo talks about the inability to catch people ok i sense that they don't want to catch these people they want to kill them there's little there's no trial we don't have to show any proof no evidence it's very cynical you know my suspicion from the moment that they announced you know they leaked to the chosen classified information that they'd killed osama bin laden i suspected that the order had been to kill not to capture...